Why online daters talk about shared interests - Articles about Dating
Published on: November 24, 2010
Source: wired.co.uk
Tags: first date
When on a first date, we try to express ourselves and learn about the other person, but we're also being careful not to offend them either. So we favour the friendly over the controversial -- even at the risk of sounding dull. This approach is best exemplified by an amusing quote from the film Best in Show: "We have so much in common: we both love soup and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not talk or talk forever and still find things not to talk about."
